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Foreword | p. vi |
Notice | p. viii |
Preface to the Second English edition | p. x |
Preface to the first English edition | p. lxxv |
Preface to the original French edition | p. lxxxiii |
Introduction: The Historicity of African Societies | p. 1 |
The Genesis of the State | |
The Shadow Theatre of Ethnicity | p. 41 |
The Unequal State: 'Little Men' and 'Big Men' | p. 60 |
The Bourgeois Illusion | p. 87 |
The Opportunity State | p. 104 |
Scenarios in the Pursuit of Hegemony | |
Conservative Modernisation or Social Revolution? The Extreme Scenarios | p. 119 |
The Reciprocal Assimilation of Elites: The Hypothesis of an Intermediate Scenario | p. 150 |
The Formation of a Postcolonial Historic Bloc | p. 180 |
Political Action | |
Entrepreneurs, Factions and Political Networks | p. 207 |
The Politics of the Belly | p. 228 |
Conclusion: Of Terroirs and Men | p. 260 |
Notes | p. 273 |
Index | p. 360 |
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